The Collection
Cloud Seven is home to Frédéric de Goldschmidt’s contemporary art collection creating an ongoing relationship between art and space. The collection features a diverse mix of international contemporary arts alongside historical figures who shaped avant-garde movements.
Permanent Works
Works by Joël Andrianomearisoa, Daniele Coppola, Gregor Hildebrandt, Nicolas Kozakis, Mehdi-Georges Lahlou, Lucas Simões, Valentin Souquet, and Lawrence Weiner are permanently integrated into the architecture, while works by Deborah Bowmann, Flavia Gandolfo, Antony Gormley, Didier Marcel, Gedi Sibony, and others are presented as part of a long-term display throughout the building’s seven floors.
In the workspaces, residents engage with pieces by contemporary artists such as Mohamed Bourouissa, Julian Charrière, Hiwa K, Tania Mouraud, Simon Mullan, Dave Muller, Jack Pierson, Richard Serra, Gedi Sibony and Christopher Wool, alongside works by Andy Warhol and Jan Henderikse.
Those staying in Cloud Seven’s short-term living spaces can experience works by Arman, Youssef Nabil, Analia Saban and Letha Wilson, among others.
A defining characteristic of the collection is its emphasis on material innovation, featuring works that experiment with non-traditional materials, found objects, and industrial processes. Many pieces engage with themes of process, chance, materiality, and transformation, reflecting de Goldschmidt’s interest in experimental art practices that redefine boundaries and respond to contemporary social and cultural shifts.
The collection includes historical figures such as Alighiero Boetti, Marcel Broodthaers, Dadamaino, Marcel Duchamp, Lucio Fontana, Jannis Kounellis, Sol LeWitt, Heinz Mack, Karel Malich, Piero Manzoni, François Morellet, Michel Parmentier, Otto Piene, Jan Schoonhoven, Cy Twombly, Günter Uecker, Paul Van Hoeydonck, Marthe Wéry, and Herbert Zangs.
Across the collection, some artists explore abstraction and monochrome to investigate space, movement, and form. Others focus on time, change, and impermanence. Many works are created through systems of repetition, chance, or delegated processes, allowing the work to develop through method as much as intention.
Frédéric de Goldschmidt does not follow a fixed strategy when collecting art. His choices are guided by instinct and by the immediate impact a work has on him. He is drawn to artists who use everyday or unexpected materials and who explore ideas through process, transformation, and chance. For him, a work must first stand out through its visual and material presence—art should be experienced before it is fully explained.
His first acquisition, Benjamin Sabatier’s Inrockuptibles n°01 – Série Bacs (2007), made from crumpled magazine pages placed in ice cube trays, set the tone for the collection. It sparked a lasting interest in works that use simple or raw materials and that embrace change, experimentation, and reinvention. From there, the collection grew to include artists connected to movements such as Arte Povera, Minimal Art, and the Zero Group, each exploring materiality, reduction and new relationships between form, space, and perception.
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He actively engages with the Brussels art scene, collaborating with local artists who have installed works or performed at Cloud Seven, including Aline Bouvy, Lieven De Boeck, Michel François, Nadia Guerroui, Nicolás Lamas, Ariane Loze, Benoit Platéus, and Fabrice Samyn.
The Collector
Frédéric de Goldschmidt is a French art collector based in Brussels, where he has founded Cloud Seven, a coworking and exhibition space. Following studies in business, communication, and anthropology, he produced interactive media, TV programs, and films, such as Mobile Homes (Director’s Fortnight, Cannes, 2018).
He has been collecting contemporary art since 2008, supporting emerging artists, engaging with curators, and sharing his collection with the public. He has co-curated exhibitions such as Not Really Really (2015), White Covers (2017), Inaspettatamente (2021), and Is That All There Is? (2026). He regularly contributes to acquisition committees, prize juries, artistic boards, and selection committees for leading contemporary art institutions and international art fairs.
